following a long period of strife and civil war, a new government was finally established in cambodia through a general election in 1993. In 1999, it officially joined ASEAN to become the tenth member country, and hence, the initial goal of realizing the ''ASEAN 10'', had been achieved. blessed with fertile land and abundant water resources supplied by the mekong river and tonle sap lake, cambodia's main industries are agriculture and tourism. the world heritage sits of angkor attracts an especially large number of tourists every year